A Beautiful Mind

  Just caught the end of the movie, A Beautiful Mind. A great movie, and Russell Crowe is a fine actor! There is a fine line between genius and insanity. With great intelligence comes pushing the envelopes. It doesn't matter if it is physics or great art, great minds will always push the limits in whatever it is that they are committed to. The problem with genius is that it can isolate a person, they live out on the fringes! But it can get lonely out there, out there on the edge, out there all alone.
  But for Mr. Nash, his fall into insanity was inevitable,  because what he wanted most was for someone to speak to him on his level, people who understood him and accepted him for who he was. So having no equals, and so, not having anyone with whom he could talk, Mr. Nash invented those people. Sadly, none of this was necessary, and it would never have happened if Mr. Nash knew God! Because when you hit that intellectual high water mark, a person will go one of two ways? They will humble themselves realizing that there is one much greater then themselves and worship God, or, they will worship themselves? Nothing new here, because what was the original sin if not pride?
  But the movie ended well, because even though he didn't know it, he gave full credit to love, and God is love! But what is the flip side of this logic, what do those of great intellect who deny God, say about those who do? What can they say? How can you get around the fact that in the end, it is only a simple question? Do you believe in God or not? So then the non believer must think that the believer is delusional at best, or possibly, quite mad? A god complex they would say. But I would say, that you sell me short sir, because it is a complex to the tenth degree? If this is madness, then all I want is more!  I would eat up such insanity as if it were a great Sundae! One with all kinds of ice cream, marveled with fine ices, and covered with syrups made from the finest of nectars! I would want to shove great gooping gobs of it in my mouth until it runs from my mouth and all down my chest! Virtually all of the greatest of the great minds throughout our history, right on up to today, have been, and are, Men of God! So if this is insanity, Please, count me in!